Improvement in devices for emptying carboys



FFICE.

HUGH R. F. KOEC-HLING, OF NE7 YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICES FOR EMPTVlNG CARBOVSF.

Specification formirg part of Letters Patent No. 147,656, dated Felruaiy 17, 1574; applicatioufiled December 20, 1673.

To all fathom. 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH lt. F. KoncnLrNe, of New York city, in the county and State of N ew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Device for Emptying Carboys,

C:c., of which the following is a specification:

The iigure is a detail sectional. view of my improved device, shown as applied to a carboy. i

Similar letters ot reference indicate correspondin g parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish anv improved device for removing acids and other liquids from carboys and other vessels by atinospheric pressure, and without agitating said liquids or disturbing any sediment that may be in said vessels, and which shall be simple in construction and convenient in use. The invention consists in the metallic ring, the bolts and nuts, the rubber ring, the iianged cap, the lugs or rings, .the tube, and the nozzle, constructed and arranged to operate in connection with each other to adapt them to be attached to the mouth of a carboy-bottle or other bottle, as herein fully described; in the combination of a gimlet-pointcd screw, with the bottoni of an air-pump barrel; in the arrangement ot' the hollow arm, the lower or in gress valve, and the upper or egress valve, in connection with the barrel of an air-pump, and in the combination of an air-pump with the device to be attached to the mouth of a bottle, as hereinafter fully described.

A represents the bottle, and B the caso, ot' a carboy, about the construction of .which there is nothing new. C is a iiat metallic ring, the cavity of which is made of such a size that it may be slipped over the mouth ot' the bottle A. rFhe ring C is made with two lugs upon its outer edge, having holes formed through them to receive the two bolts D; or, if desired, the ring C may be made of sufficient width to allow the two bolt-holes to 'be formed through its body. E is a Aflat rubber ring, the cavity of which is made of such a size that the said ring E may be sprung over the mouth of the bottle A, and will iit snugly upon the neck of said bottle. F is a cap, made of conical or semispherieal form, and of such a size that it may receive the mouth of the bottle A within it, while its lower edge rests upon the upper side of the rubber ring E. The cap F is made with a narrow projecting flange around its edge. Gr are two lugs, perforated to receive the two bolts D, and which may be formed upon the flange of the cap F, or upon a at metallic ring fitting upon the cap F, and resting upon the angc ofthe said cap, so that by screwing the hand-nuts H upon the said bolts D the cap F will be secured air-tight to the mouth et' the bottle A. I is a tube, which passes through and is secured air-tight to the top ofthe cap F, and the inner part of which is made of such a length as to reach to, or nearly to, the bottom of the bottle A. The outer part of t-he tube I is bent so as to conduct the liquid into the desired receiver. With the top of the cap F is connected a nozzle, J, to receive the end of a pipe, K. L is the barrel, M is the piston, and N is the piston-rod, otl an ordinary air-pump. The lower end of barrel L is provided` with a gimlet-pointed screw, O, to be screwed into the case B of a carboy, to enable the air-pump to be readilyr and quickly attached to the carboy A B, without the employment of tools. To the lower part of the barrel L is secured an arm, F, in which is formed a passage communicating with the interior oi the said barrel L. The arm P, at the outer end of its passage, is perforated vertically, and into the lower end ot' said perforationV is screwed a perforated plug, Q, provided with a small drop-valve, R, opening upward. Into the upper end ofthe vertical perforation of the arm P is screwed a perforated pln g, S, which is provided with a small dropvalve, T, opening upward, and which is kept in place by a nozzle, U, screwed upon the plug S, and which receives the end of the connect ing-pipe K.

With this construction, when the piston M N is drawn upward, the upper valve T is closed by the pressure ofthe air within the bottle A, preventing the escape of the air from the bottle, and the lower valve R is raised by the pressure of the outer air, allowing said outer air to enter the barrel L of the airpnmp. As the piston M N is forced downward, the pressure of the air forced out of the barrel L closes the lower valve R, and, opening,` the upper valve T, passes into the bottle A, Where its pressure will force the liquid contained in said bottle out through the tube I into the receiver.

The device may be made of lead and iron, or of other metal, or of glass, as may be desired, or as the liquid to be removed may rcquire.

i Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-- ters Patent, is-

1. The metallic ring C, the bolts and nuts D H, the rubber ring` E, the flanged cap F, the lugs or ring G, the tube I, and the nozzle J, constructed and arranged to operate in connection With each other to adapt them to be attached to the mouth of a carboy-bottle or other bottle, substantially as herein shown and described.

rel, L, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The arrangement of the hollow arm P,

the lower or ingress Valve Q R, and the upper or egress Valve S T, in connection With the barrel L of an air-pump, substantially as here in shown and described.

4. The combination of an air-pump with the device C G E F I J, substantially as herein shown' and described HUGH R. F. KOEOHLING.

Witnesses JAMES T. GRAHAM, FRANK BLocKLEY. 

